Se connecterCale let out a short laugh devoid of humor. “Worse than I imagined.”Lydia loosened her arms slightly just so she could look at his face. “Do I know any of them?”Cale chuckled under his breath. “No. But there were a few old men you met earlier at the banquet. And as you know, old people talk too mu
“We’re safe.” Lydia tried to sound as calm as possible. “You should be careful on the way here.”“Yeah, of course.” A relieved breath came from Chris’s end of the line. “Then I’m heading to your place now.”“Okay.”The call ended, leaving behind a different kind of anxiety twisting inside Lydia’s mi
“I’ll try to come home as soon as possible,” she said at last.“I hope so.” Althea’s voice turned gentler. “Nathan keeps asking about Cale and all of you. Even if he’s stubborn, he actually wants you to come visit him.”A faint smile appeared on Lydia’s lips.Nathan rarely showed his affection openl
Elsewhere, Lydia hesitated for a moment before answering Althea’s call in the middle of everything happening tonight. But ever since earlier, an uneasy feeling had been clawing at her chest nonstop. She couldn’t shake the fear that something terrible had happened.Outside, the rain still hadn’t stop
Falcon grabbed the collar of a nearby chair so hard it nearly snapped beneath his grip. “Don’t test me.”Zhao Hua’s gaze slowly turned colder. “Your threats mean nothing to me.”Silence filled the warehouse once more. Outside, the rain battered against the metal roof harder than before, the noise ec
Two hours earlier.The atmosphere inside one of the warehouse docks in western Hong Kong had already been consumed by rage.Crash!A liquor bottle slammed against the concrete wall and shattered into pieces. Alcohol mixed with blood dripped onto the filthy floor while several large men stood with th
Althea looked at him in confusion but eventually rose to her feet. Her heart churned with questions, each one darker than the last, anger swelling with every beat—especially because Daven’s name was once again being tied to hers.How could something so absurd, so utterly reckless, spread like wildfi
“Where’s Josh?” Chase asked, his brow lifting in mild surprise.“With your father in the back garden. He said there’s something he wants to show him.” Althea walked alongside Chase toward the lounge.“I’m guessing he’s showing him Leo.”“Who’s Leo?”“Not who, but what,” Chase said with a laugh. “Leo
“No!” Vanessa cut in quickly. “You’ve misunderstood, Daven.”She rushed toward him, desperate to close the space between them. She wanted—no, needed—to hold her husband. It had always worked before; if she acted sweet, maybe cried a little, Daven would usually soften.Vanessa truly believed he’d for
“And you can draw your own conclusions from what we’ve explained, can’t you?” Chris asked. The easy humor was gone from his eyes; there was nothing casual about him now. When it came to work—especially anything involving Harold—Chris could become an entirely different man.“This project is worth a g







